The Mideast Quartet — comprising representatives of the European Union, Russia, United Nations and the United States — called Friday for an Israeli-Palestinian deal by the end of 2012. Herewith the full text of their statement:

The golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938, will comes alive on Monday as the 2011 edition of the annual Heineken sponsored Nigeria Cup tees off

Another mass failure has been recorded by students across the country in the just announced 2011 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results.

FIFA have barred Iraq from hosting football matches, including qualifiers for the upcoming Olympics and World Cup, until further notice, an Iraqi Football Association (IFA) official told AFP on Thursday.

Niger state govern ment has finally succumbed to the demand of workers in the state by signing into law the N18,000 Minimum wage.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday said he was extending a hand of peace to the Palestinian people, but accused its president Mahmud Abbas of rejecting peace efforts after making a UN statehood bid.

wo Israeli ministers on Friday lashed out at an impassioned speech given by Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas as he petitioned the United Nations to accept a Palestinian state as a member.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians erupted into cheers of victory across the West Bank on Friday as their president handed over a request for full United Nations membership.

Desperate residents fled Moamer Kadhafi’s hometown Sirte on Friday as fighters of Libya’s interim government held off a final assault on one his two remaining bastions to allow civilians to escape.

Ahead of Saturday’s visit of Rayo Vallecano, Jose Mourinho has admitted he is “worried” by Real Madrid’s form and says they cannot afford to drop any more points cheaply.